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Oct. 10, 1933. w J. KENNY 1,929,433

CONTAINER Filed June 25, 1930 muted Oct 10,1933 1,929,433

UNITED STATES PATENT- orrics William]. Kenny; Cicero, Ill., assignor to American Can Company, New York, N. Y., a corporation of New Jersey Application June 25, 1930. Serial-No. 463.711 3 Claims. (Cl. 220-94) The present invention relates to a container As illustrated in the drawing, the seam 25 is and has particular reference to such a container the usual double seam and opposed parts of the embodying an improved type of handle. parallel portions 26 of the seam are left par- The principal object of the present invention tially open or loose as shown at 27 (Fig. 3). This is the provision of an improved type of container open portion .27 may be the. result of the first on which a carrying handle is secured by incoroperation in double seaming, the remaining part poration of its ends in the seam formed by the of the seam 25 being tightly and completely closed junction of the container and its end or cover. as shown at 28 (Figs. 3 and 4).

An important object of the invention is the The open seam construction provides arecess provision of an improved type of handle which 29 (Fig. 5) adjacent thewall of the body 21 at 65 may be easily applied to the container after the each side-and in this recess a portion of the hanends of the container have been applied and which dle member is slipped in its incorporationin the is easily secured in place. seam, as will now be described.

An important object of the invention is the An improved type of handle 31 (Figs. land 2) provision of an improved type of container having comprises a hand grip 32 connecting within- 70 parallel sides and a handle member secured at clined walls 33 extending into horizontal secopposed points thereof in the seam between the tions 34 connecting to vertical walls35, each wall container and the top closure of the container. terminatingin ahooked end 36. v The handle engages beneath the projecting seam After the end 24 has been seamed to the body o Pr vide an improved support for the container 21 and the open seam parts 27 have been pro- 7 when carried by the handle. vided in the parallel walls 26 thereof, the handle Numerous other objects of the invention will member which is then of the form illustrated in be apparent as it is better understood from the Figs. 2 and 6, is placed ontothe container with foll win description, which. taken in connection the horizontal sections 34 thereof resting upon with the accompanying drawing, discloses a prethe top of the seam 25. The vertical walls 35- ferred embodiment thereof. engage the outer edges of the seams and extend Referrin t th dr wing: downwardly therefrom, the hooked ends 36 be- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a container ing arranged beneath the ,open sections of, the and handle mb dying the present invention. double seam and directly below the recesses 29,

Fig- 2 is a p rspe tiv vi w of h improv d as illustrated in Fig. 6, and areso arranged as 85 handle used the e a t ppe prior to notto enter into the sealing region ofthe joint tachment to the container. between the body and cover. i

Fi 3 i n enlarged fragmentary Sid el v The handle member need only be lifted-to intion of a part of the container showing its seam rb it h k d e d 36 fully within the recesses p pa at y to receiving its andl 7 29 01 the open seam sections-27 ;after which, 90 Fig. 4 is a sectional detail taken substantially the 593,111 parts 27 are closed and thehandleends alo g t line F are bent to tightly embrace theseam. In: this Fig. 5 is a view similar toiFig. taken subfinal assembled position .7 th upper-part stantlany along the lme in of. eachof the walls 35 is bent overinto close en- Fig. 6 is a sectional view of that portion of f 95 the container illustrated in Fig. 5, showing in gagement with the upper edgeo the Seam 25 and section one end of the handle and the seam prior 'gg Y s: :2: 5 i 3. zgfi a gg gg zf to incorporation of the handle in the seam of 8 the container t The horizontal sections 34 after this bending ac- Fig. '7 is an enlarged sectional detail taken are .bmught'aga'mst WWW dat -9 10o substantially along the line 7-7 in Fig. 1. and e P 1e Any suitable form of container may be utilized thereupon 0105, thus tightly Ph the 115 in the present invention, the drawing illustrat- 31 in permanent assembled positioning as a preferred form a rectangular container This incorporation of the ends o f-the'handle body 21 provided with a bottom secured'thereto into the double seam of the container provides an in a seam 23. The container is'also supplied with improvedty'pe of vessel in which may bejcar: an upper end 24 securedto'the body 21 by a seam ried contents of heavy weight, the hooked ends 25. The rectangularform f of body 21 and"end 36 of the handle providingljsupports' for thiscon- 24 provide parallel straight. seam parts in'and to tamer weightf'l he handlev may be provlded 55 which the handle isenga'ged. i1 withljrolled .9119, led edges 1139 which not only further reinforce the handle but provide for a smoother hand-hold.

It is thought that the invention and many or its attendant advantages will be understood from the foregoing description, and it will be apparent that various changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement oi the parts withoutg'departing from the spirit and lscopeo; the invention or sacrificing all of its material advantages, the form hereinbetore described being merely a preferred embodiment thereof.

I claim: a

1. A container, comprising a body, an end member secured to said body-in a double seam, and a metal handle extending continuously from side to side of the container and secured to said container by having its ends incorporated in and embracing said double seam, and being arranged outside of the sealing joint.

2. A container, comprising a rectangular body having straight parallel walls, an end member secured to said body in a double seam, and a flat metal handle extending continuously from side to side or the container and having hooked ends inserted in said seam at opposite positions in said parallel walls and permanently held therein by said .fseam,'.and beingarranged outside of the sealing joint.

3. A container, comprising a body, an end member secured to the body in a double seam, and a handle formed of a single piece of sheet metal extending from side to side of the body, the extreme ends of the handle being arranged on the outside of the body and clamped thereto by the seamed-on cover, the ends of the handle extending over the double seam and downward to the central part of the said end member.

g WILLIAM J. KENNY. 

